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Turnbull backs financial start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... with the federal government's commitment to "an innovative Australia." Helping launch IPO and placements app OnMarket yesterday, Turnbull said Australia should be taking advantage of its strong financial position globally. "We simply will not remain ...

Seniors weigh in on national tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... representatives from organisations across Australia, O'Neill spent three hours with Turnbull and his economic ministers yesterday to discuss a "common ground" in the areas of productivity, participation, fiscal policy, tax reform and retirement incomes. ...

Long-term investment under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... equity portfolio manager Jody Jonsson. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) event yesterday, Jonsson said there were strategies that can be implemented to work around the long-term investment of a more controversial ...

Super funds cautious about administration

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... long-standing and new clients. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Sydney yesterday, AvSuper chair George Fishlock said Link Group's acquisition of Superpartners has delayed the fund's own administration transition. ...

Aussie fintechs sell to grow

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... of financial services. Speaking in front of prominent investors and industry professionals at the Afiniation Showcase yesterday, several fintechs pitched their ideas in the hope of expanding both their business and the local industry. One such business ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... sell, sell day. This time the media - social or otherwise - are calling the sharp drop in the Australian equities market yesterday a "Horror Monday". It wasn't as bloody as that "Bloody Monday", 24 August, when the benchmark index lost more than 4% (4.03% ...

Government debt is not bad: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... than starving the economy of capital to establish nation building projects. Addressing an investment forum in Sydney yesterday, Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia said the federal government's focus on debt reduction is unhealthy and is likely ...

TWU Super appoints chief executive for third gig

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... the second time in three years, also marking his third stint in the top role. TWU Super chair David Galbally announced yesterday that McMillin will return to the role in a full time capacity after the resignation of Paul Sayer. Sayer resigned because ...

Yuan stable (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... that, "there's no basis for long-term depreciation" of the yuan. That statement was immediately followed with action yesterday when the PBOC issued a circular commanding the country's banks to set aside US dollar reserves when selling foreign currency ...

Member direct investment needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... Addressing a member direct investment options forum at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) conference yesterday, Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia said MDIOs were in general "not good for your financial wealth". Sicilia ...